switching to active at basic

November 10th, 2011, 12:53 PM

My husband went to basic in 07 and his drill sergeants asked anybody in the NG if they wanted to switch to active. I really want to go active now and I was wondering if thats a possibility to talk to my drill sergeant when I get there and ask to switch to active?

No...even in 07 when the DS asked NG if they wanted to go active, it was not as simple as that. Those soldiers couldn't just choose to go active and then go. They would have had to request a conditional release from their state and I'm willing to bet not many of those were granted. Once you complete basic and AIT you'll need to wait 6 months and then you can request a conditional release from your state to go active. Chances are pretty good that it probably wont happen though.

So now that I am in the guard, and even though i have not shipped to basic or AIT there is NOOOOOO way that I can go active now? My guard recruiter screwed me over.....

How did they screw you over? you are an adult, no one held a gun to your head to do anything. You made your own decision. You could have went to an AD recruiter and joined AD if that was what you wanted.

RSP NCO pretty much summed it up. It might have been believable in 2007, because there was a greater demand for troops back then.

+1, the surges had a reason for that and OP, RSP NCO is right; if you wanted active, you should have decided then. I was fortunate to get active from Guard. Right now active-component will be reducing it's ranks by 30,000 in three years and trying to push us to early outs to go reserves. Many of us are fighting that. The wars are ending soon at least for a while.

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How did my guard recruiter screw me over? He told me once i get back from basic and AIT i would be able to switch to active right away if i wanted to.....which obviously isnt the case. So i guess the bigger question is....what are the ways I can switch to active after AIT in the NG?

How did my guard recruiter screw me over? He told me once i get back from basic and AIT i would be able to switch to active right away if i wanted to.....which obviously isnt the case. So i guess the bigger question is....what are the ways I can switch to active after AIT in the NG?